cockfight 
cockfight
Definition
cock·fight (käk′fīt′)
noun
a fight between gamecocks, usually wearing metal spurs on the legs, with informal betting on the outcome and with prize money awarded to the owner of the winner: cockfights are illegal in the U.S.
cockfight
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- Balinese: Wonderful as these stories are, one might sometimes welcome what Clifford Geertz called 'thick' descriptions of these our English equivalents of Balinese cockfights.
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